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WEDNESDAY.

MARCH 21, 1923.

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DAY BY DAYAZ

tramway were laid down, there would be an extra Indasement) for people to build in the locality. When the scheme was" first FRIGHTEN THE PEOPLE OF

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Twenty-Seven Years With One Firm.

(By "Gadabout."). GOVERNMENT; A Telegraph leader-writer, was ONLY WAY TO slinging off the other day about DOXE-Admiral the City Hall and the Theatre.

His grouse was the usual familiar figure by the departure

Hongkong to-day loses that both are too jolly small and for Australia, on retirement, of

FRIGHTEN THE ments in its favour was the THAT 13 THE loadequacy of the prosent Peak GET ANYTHING tramway system. That unsatis-Mark Kerr. factory condition still prevails. Another distinct factor is that two of cerebrospinal fever were have bean written and more Butterfield and Swires Captain Three cases of small-por and hopelessly out of date. It's an Captain E.M. French. Assistant old topic. Columns and columna Marine Superintendent of Messrs. since the present Peak tramway notified yesterday. All were columns and columns probably will French has been associated with be written on the same subject, the firm for no less than 27 years but it's a matter that ought to be and, is well-known throughout The Bogey Pool Competition harped on till something really is the Far East. 20

played at Fanling on 17th,, 18th. done about it. The need for a big Assistant Marine Spperintendent He has been and 19th. inst., was won by Mr. public hall was illustrated again H. U. Ireland, I down,

only a few days ago. The King's and has on several occasiona the Bast aight years Regiment were trying to bold acted as Superintendent. "Prior

was laid down, the residential Chinese. ares in the hill district has enormously expanded in easterly direction. That fact alone warrants the provision of | better means of communication

or

for those who reside on the out forms as that the Consular Body ne suitable place for them, they many of the Chius Navigation A Canton correspondent in-boxing tournament. There being to this, he served in skirts. True the Magazine Gap recently entertained the Civil had to rig up an arena cut of Company's boats, and he has road has since been opened up. Governor and the Foreign Interdoors, with the result that every been most popular wherever he but that thoroughfare is largely course Commissioner to dinner at time it rained they had to pack bas gape. úsǝless excepting

the British Consulate. those

up. It's a pretty rotten state of affairs in a Colony the size and on behalf of the staff, presented Yesterday, Mr. G. T. Edkins, fortunate enough to own motor-

Suffering from the effects of importance of Hongkong, when Capt. French with a beautiful cars. In our opinion, the timelapium-poisoning, self-administer. /Fou come to think of it. What we silver rose bowl in recognition has come for the laying down of ed with the view to committing need is a large hall, in a central of his services in the Chin

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Company. The

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another billside tramway, and suicide. A Chinese married Wanchai Gap is certainly the the Kwong Wah Hospital from tures, exhibitions, roller skating French's long and

woman, aged 25, was removed to cabarets, concerts, lectures, pic speaker referred to Capt spot at which to locate it. We her home in Yaumali yesterday perhaps, and any other old thing record of service and wished him hope, therefore, that the Govern-in a serious condition.

which might turn up. If the Government aren't going to do very happiness in ment will hesitate no longer, but

anything it would probably be Hongkong Hotel, Capt. French tirement Last night at the will soon proceed with the actual,

werth while to float a company and do it by private enterprise. W&5 Kode the recipient work, especially since the scheme

of another presentation from the has now been endorsed at a

superintendents of the Company. public meeting.

Interchange of Teachers.

The proposal for an interchange

of

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At the Criminal Sessions yes terday afternoon Mr. Justice Gompertz paesed sentence seven years" hard labour and five years on two men indicted for Then there's our Theatre-an- assault with intent to rob, one, other much discussed edifice. being further charged with un-Judging by the number of empty lawful arms possession.

seats at most of the shows it seems that, with regard to size, at any rate, we've nothing to of grumble about. But I don't know.

The Earl and Countess

YEE WOO STREET

ROBBERY..

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Prisoner Gets Twenty Years.

"I don't know what to do with

SANDES-On March 14, 1923, at St. Mary's Hospital, Shangbai. to Mr. and Mrs. C. L C. Sandes, of teachers between schools at Lanesborough left Hongkong by If the place were twice as big and The Mercantile Bank of Indis. Home and the Colonies came up the Korea Maru yesterday. The the prices were lower I've an idea Ld., & BOR.

for discussion quite a while back, Earl was formerly Assistant Mili that there mightn't be even as FERGUSSON. On March 16, and was very favourably received. tary Secretary to the Duke of many empty places as there are

517 Avenue Joffra, This year, arrangements are being Connaught, served in the South now. The present building is arou," said the Chief Justice Shaughai, the wife of the late A. made for about eighty teachers African War with the Coldstres ramshackle old place and uncom yesterday afternoon to a prisoner Fergusson, of a daughter. in Britain to change places for Guards and in 1909 was Military fortable enough to keep everybody who was convicted on three

twelve months with a similar Secretary to Earl Grey. number from Canada, Australia,

away. And the high prices prob-charges of taking part in an arm- ably have quite a lot to do with it,ed robbery, and of shooting at Of these, fifty will go to London, read a paper on "The Internation- in its way and the general idea Works Department and Mr. E. C. Mrs. 3. B. B. McElderry will too. That theatre was all right Mr. W. R. Andrews, of the Public

The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 21st March, 1923.

HANCHAI GAP TRAM

bave

New Zealand, and South Africa.

ten to Scotland. and the rest.

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to Newcastle. Manchester, al Red Cross at the Meeting of may have been workable to the Kerriso. Leicester, Portsmouth and other the Reeding Circle to be held at old days, but with the larger The evidence showed that the towns participating in the scheme, 10.30 a.m. to-morrow morning, population we've got now the prisoner and several others enter- which has been inaugurated by Thursday: March 22nd, at the whole scheme of things is all ed a shop at 25 Yee Woo Street the League of Empire

Helena May Institute. All mem-wrong. Under the present arrange on the afternoon of January 3.st. approved by the Board of Educats of the Institute and their ments most of us if we dont't put They ransacked the premises and tion. The London County Council friends are invited.—Adet.

on our glad rags and sport four stole $1,405 worth of property. The statement by Mr. Fletcher ie inviting applications from

bucks for a seat we're on the road] The prisoner carried a revolver. London, teachers who desire a Amongst the passengers who to social perdition. The young He ran through several streets, regarding the Wanchai Gap year's experience in one of the left for Home to-day by the s.s. fellow straight out from Home on firing at Mr. Andrews and Mr. Tramway which we were able to Dominions. The scheme is work- Kashmir were Mr. and Mrs. J. S. his two fifty or three hundred Kerrison, who participated in the publish yesterday will no doubted without cost to the public, the McCann, Mrs. Grayburn, Mrs. month is expected to keep chase, and was eventually daught

been read with much teachers on interchange receiving Parker Rees, Col. and Mrs. Wup the same style as far as at Wood Road.

the salary payable in the country W. Crosby, Mr. E. W. Hamilton, going to the theatre is concern- interest by those advocating the in which they are temporarily Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Grimes. In-ed as a captain in the navy, soner guilty, the Chief Justice The jury having found the pris xtersion of communication facil- domiciled, the salaries varying in spector and Mrs. Old, Mrs. H. 3. barrister, or a croesus from Ice cold the prisoner that not content ities in the Colony. The Gov different parts of the country Knight and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. House Street. He sits among with looting the shop he fired erament has already gone into payable in the particular ares.

according to the scale which is Kynoch.

crowd of people miles above bim indiscriminately in the streeta, at any rate, financially-and if Fortunately he was not standing this matter in some detail, hav The scheme proving so favour-

The marriage of Miss Edna he doesn't he's a social outcast in the dock on ing even worked out a rough able, it appears to

charge of And four dibs for a seat's a bit murder. In that Lee Booker, daughter of Mr. and

his whole. ex- estimate of the cost, which is it could well be extended, eo as Mrs. Calhoun Booker of Los fellow can really afford, with the which

more than the average young perience in the law courts, to laclade other parts of the Angeles, California, to Mr. John result that most of the time he forty years, said Hie Honour, believed to be somewhere in the Empire in its scope. The main Stauffer Potter of Andersen, stays away. And yet he's really he had not known a worse case covered period of region of two lakhs of dollars, object of this interchange of Meyer & Co., was solemnized by the theatre-going type. He's no than this. For taking part in the In the Estimates for 1920, a sam teachers is to give those whose the Rev. A. N. Rowland at the wife and family and home life, robbery he sentenced the prisone? of $150,000 was inserted for this of the rising generation a wider March 15. The church was pro for something to do. If he could 18 strokes with the "cat," and for profession it is to mouli the minds Union Church, Shanghai, on and most of his time he's at a loss to twelve years hard labour and project, but the scheme was outlook, an Imperial one, and to fusely decorated with beautifulį eventually omitted from the ap- put them in touch with facts spring flowers, palms and bamboo go to a comfortable theatre, and shooting at Messrs. Andrews and propriations, with, it appears, the which they have to impart to and the wedding procession made 50 a decent show, and wear & Kerrison eight years each, the their pupils. The teachers will a very pretty picture as it passed of dollars, and it wasn't consider currently, viz, twenty years and lounge suit, and pay, say, a couple last two sentences to rum con- approval of the Unofficial mem; themselves admit that this or the aisle. bers of the Legislative Council. scheme is actually a form of edu

ed infra dig be would probably be 18 strokes in all. Mr. Pollock was not present at cation to themselves. We do not

is regular-patron. A wedding of special interest to

His Honour warmly commend- the meeting of the Public Works think it would be impracticable Shanghai people was solemnized

ed Mr. Andrews and Mr. Kerrison to consider a similar interchange

What we really want is a on their courageous conduct. Committee which came to this with the tropical Colonies, includ- March 16th at Holy Trinity theatre built on up-to-date lines, decision, and there can therefore ing Hongkong. The scheme

Cathedral when Miss Muriel with some degree of comfort. The bo no question of inconsistency widened, so as to comprise what Henderson Headley of Ramsgate, circle and orchestra stalls at your pet corn and getting hitched Headley, daughter of the late Mr highbrows could have their dress they push past you, treading on then be considerably on his part when he now associ- might be termed a triangular in- Kent, was married to Mr. J. four bucks a time, the same up in your seat, murmuring apol ates bimself with a demand for a terchange of teachers from every Ridgway, son of Mr. A. E. Ridge now. revival of the undertaking. The part of the British Empire, with way of Surbiton, Surrey, by the the stalls should be at, say, middle of the lines on which the The rear portion of ogies which they don't mean,in the Unofficials as a body, however, tecohors and pupils alike. This Ridgway is in the Hongkong and time, and there might be some tusl theatre-goer e apt to get a bit greatly enhanced bensfits to the very Rev. Dean Symons. Mr. three and two .bucks plot of the piece hangs, the panc- seem to have veered round some Imperial Education Conference, the Shanghai Light Horse. Miss Cheaper seats, too, at the back of annoyed. There's a crowd of 'em what in their attitude on the which is to meet in London to Headley is the niece of Lady for fellows of moderate means do it regularly. They wouldn't be the dress circle. These should be at every show you go to. They subject. During the 1920 Budget Wards the end of June Dext, would do well to consider a pro

Fraser. debate, H.E. the Governor said it ject of this nature.

and stiff shirt fronts shouldn't punctual for worlds. They try be the rule. Then there could be to be late, some of 'em do. might be possible to consider the Local St. David's Society.

For being on board the ..& pit and gods at a buck time. They've an idea that "all the best project in the following year and

Banks without permission, an And there should be a regular people," always wait until after take it up in 1922. However, It was only the other day that unemployed coolie was sentenced orchestra to play the overtures the curtain's gone up. The "best

commented on the absence to two months' imprisonment by and during the intervals. nothing definite has yet been of any organised association of Comdr. Beckwith, at the Marine should be cleakrooms and a place after social recognition term There people," as these cheap seekers. done in the matter, the last local Welshmen, owing to the Court this morning. The arrest set aside for smoking (or perhaps them, don't consider it the thing official pronouncement in Coun. small number of representatives was made by a Chinese detective, smoking and non-smoking seats) to spoil other people's amusement. of the Principality in Hongkong. who noticed two men on the and, last but not least, we want Decent people, whether they're cil being during the Budget Shanghai's Welsh folk have get us gangway of the ship keeping aa bar. That's the kind of show "best people or lower-level and speech of last year, when it the lead in this respect, but we look-out for the police. When the we want. In a few years' time Kowloonites, try and have a little was stated that, if found desir-have now our St. David's Society detective approached them they Hongkong'll probably be civilised. consideration for others, which form & rallying point for Hong-on deck sft, to ran away. De slumbers and prepare for it. The not. Some of these crazy beings way before the end of the kongites bailing from the fair land fendant ran below, but the detec- theatre, too, might be worth a real come in too late to get the most present year, members would be of Wales. The local society is tive gave chase and caught him live company's interest. Can't asked to vote the necessary fortunate in being able to have The other two men made good some of you genii, who've suc by distracting other people's at out of the plays themselves and such a distinguished chief in the their escape. A search revealed ceeded in pulling Hongkong out tention they spoil the show for funds. Mr. Fletcher now says person of His Honour Sir William cloth binders, usually used for of the rut in some directious come them as well. When the curtain that the Government must be Rees Davies, The Principality, concealing stolen property, bound to the rescue again? A theatre rises the doors ought to be locked, convinced of a specific demand despite its comparatively small round defendant's waist. for building sites in the Mount population, is famed for the

musical talent it breeds, and per Cameron district before deciding bape St. David's Day next year

BIX YEARS TOO LATE. Two man to proceed with the work

might be calebrated with an all Lambeth road, London, recently,

were arrested in go to it.

could

We

Shanghai Bank and a member of

able to proceed with the tram well launched, and no doubt it will shouted to defendant, who was Do let's awaken from our these late comera certainly have

on modern lines ought to be winner here. If the public had decent theatre, I've an idea they'd

and they ought to be kept looked: until they fall again at the con clusion of the scene. Of course, it's difficult to be punctual always and for those who ars late through.

We should have thought that kong with a really enjoyable encounterfeit coins. It is alleged theatre is that section of the pub perhaps be a hardship, but the Welsh concert, providing Hong-on a charge of manufacturing And another bugbaar of our no fault of their own it would the demand for building sites tertainment, and bringing back that there Wore found in lio who possesss the cranky and majority ought to be considered, would, in a large measure, pleasant memories to the minds their possession 144 counterfeit inconsiderate notion that it's the There's no doubt that a great depend on the provision of cheap of those who, like ourselves, have sovereigna bearing the bead of thing to take their seata after the percentage of the always la

crossed the border and sojourned King Edward, and dated 1916, showscommenced. It's bad enough brigade do it on purpose, and theyy and rapid means of commun- amidst the bills and valleye of the years after the death of Ed-with a conjuring performance or should be made to realing ication. In other words, if the Welsh country.

ward VII,

anything in that line, but when accordingly